Jannik Sinner, the world’s No. 1 male tennis player, has accepted a three-month ban from the sport following an anti-doping rule violation. Australian Open champion Sinner, 23, received a sanction in August but was found by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to bear “no fault or negligence” after twice testing positive for clostebol — a banned anabolic steroid — at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament in March.

Utter the term doping to the casual observer of a certain age and the immediate recollection they’ll have is that of Ben Johnson’s defiant one-armed salute, performed crossing

Jannik Sinner has been dropped from an exhibition event in Las Vegas next month while he is serving a three-month ban connected to a pair of failed doping tests.

The Laureus Academy revoked tennis number one Jannik Sinner's nomination for its annual World Sportsman of the Year Award on Thursday, citing his three-month doping ban. Sinner, who accepted the ban earlier this month,

The Laureus Academy revoked tennis number one Jannik Sinner's nomination for its annual World Sportsman of the Year Award, citing his three-month doping ban.

The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday due to the top-ranked tennis player's three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.